Allfishes
Atlantic chub mackerel
Scomber colias
This species was long considered a subspecies of the Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) under the …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Black ruff
Centrolophus niger
Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …
Blacksail snake mackerel
Thyrsitoides marleyi
It is the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.The black snake mackerel …
Blue mackerel
Scomber australasicus
The blue mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …
Bonito, Atlantic
Sarda sarda
The Atlantic bonito belongs to a group in which the dorsal fins are very close together …
Bonito, Pacific
Sarda chiliensis
It is similar in size and coloration to the Atlantic bonito. The Pacific bonito differs from …
Butterfish
Peprilus triacanthus
Fish of this species are usually full-bodied, flattened from the sides, somewhat round or rounded, with …
Catfish, Gafftopsail
Bagre marinus
The Gafftopsail catfish has a grayish-blue dorsal fin, silvery pelvic fins, a strong body, and a …
Chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
The chub mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …
Dogtooth tuna
Gymnosarda unicolor
They are elongated, somewhat compressed from the sides of the body. The mouth is large. The …
Escolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
The body is moderately elongated, oval in shape, slightly compressed at the sides, the body height …
Fleshysnout catfish
Arius dispar
The species was described by Albert William Herre in 1926, originally as part of the genus …
Giant catfish
Netuma thalassina
The species was described by Eduard Rüppell in 1837, originally as the genus Bagrus.
Giant sea catfish
Arius gigas
Described by George Albert Boulenger in 1911, originally as genus Tachysurus. Body elongate and rounded; head …
Goat catfish
Arius sumatranus
The description of the species is attributed to Edward Turner Bennett in 1830. It was originally …
Indian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Body elongated, spindle-shaped, moderately high, covered with fine cycloid scales. Maximum body height on the vertical …
Indo-Pacific king mackerel
Scomberomorus guttatus
They have an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin caudal stem with simple keel. Teeth are …
Japanese Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus niphonius
Japanese Spanish mackerel have a spindle-shaped body, compressed at the sides. The swim bladder is absent. …
Largehead hairtail
Trichiurus lepturus
The body is elongated, bare, and ends in a thread-like appendage. The eyes are large and …
Longsnouted catfish
Plicofollis argyropleuron
The species was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally within the genus Arius.Head depressed …
Longtail tuna
Thunnus tonggol
The longtail's body is torpedo-shaped, elongated, high in the midsection and tapering sharply towards the tail. …
Mackerel tuna
Euthynnus affinis
They have a spindle-shaped dense body, rounded in cross section. The teeth are small, conical, arranged …
Mackerel, Atlantic
Scomber scombrus
The body is fusiform, slightly compressed from the sides. The scales are fine, cycloidal. The length …
Mackerel, Cero
Scomberomorus regalis
The body shape is typical of king mackerel. The mackerel is iridescent bluish-green above and silvery …